Cap or head-covering.



No. 675,852. Patented June 4, I90l. .1. DUNIGER.

CAP 0R HEAD COVERING.

(Application filed Feb. 16, 1901.) (No Modal.)

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WITNESSES: I INVENTOR JacoZ Danz'ger monuzvs UNITED STATES PATENT @EEICE.

JACOB DONIGER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF TIIREE-FOURTIIS TO SALI SIMONSON, ISAAC IACIINER, AND HENRY DONIGER, OF SAME PLACE.

CAP OR HEAD-COVERING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 675,852, dated June 4, 1901.

Application filed February 16, 1901. Serial No. 47,670. (No model.)

To all whom, it nary concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB DONIGER, a subject of the Emperor of Russia, residing at Manhattan borough, New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Caps or Head-Coverings, of which the following is a specification.

By means of this invention a cap or headgear can be made to be worn in ordinary mannor, as also to furnish protection against storm or severe weather, and to maintain a satisfactory fit or conform to the required size of the head of the wearer.

This invention is set forth in the following specification and claims and illustrated in the annexed drawings, in which Figure 1 shows a section of a cap with the sweat-band raised or in what may, for short, be called normal position-that is, in the position customarily occupied by sweat-bands in hats or caps during ordinary wear. Fig. 2 shows the sweat-band acting as a stormprotector-that is, lowered or brought into position to form a covering or protection. Fig. 3 shows the invention applied to a hat in place of a cap.

In mentioning either a cap or hat it is of course understood that the application of this invention is not limited, but that it is to be applied to any form or kind of head-covering where serviceable.

The cap or head-covering is provided with what may be called a combined sweat-band and storm-protector. In mentioning a sweatbandit is understood that either the whole or any desired part of the band can be made to serve also for protection. In the drawings is shown the band with its front part alone adapted to give protection, as the demand frequently is for a forehead-protector; but manifestly the rear of the band could be arranged to protect the back of the head, or the entire band or any part thereof could be made to give protection entirely about the head or any part thereof, as may be desired. Such modifications are so obvious in the art as to be manifestly included in this invention.

In the drawings, the letter a indicates a cap or head-covering, and at b is shown a sweat-band. When the sweat-band is raised,

as seen in Fig. 1, it is in normal position or serves as an ordinary band. \Vhen lowered or in the position shown in Fig. 2, it acts as a forehead or storm protector. The band or a portion thereof cannot only be lowered and raised, but it has also been found that there is an advantage in the band maintaining its size or fit when serving as a protector, as well as when in its normal function as a band. In

some protectors the lowering or raising thereof tends to widen or narrow or affect the fit or neat sitting of the article; but the sweatband of this invention being made to fit a wearer will maintain the fit in any of its positions. A strip or extensible support for said movable band is shown at a. The strip being sewed or secured to the cap and to the band will movably support the latter. This folding or extensible strip is shown secured to the lower part of the band and at the lower edge or part of the head-covering to support the band and allow the same to be moved or set to protecting and normal position. \Vhen the band is in the article or in normal position, the strip 0 is folded or doubled. When the band is extended or moved out to protecting position, the strip supports the band, as seen in Fig. 2.

The sweat-band can be made, as usual, of a single piece of suitable material. The movable part of the sweat-band can be provided with a reinforcing or inlaid strip or left single or not reinforced, as desired. In Figs. 1 and 2 is shown a piece or strip (Z, inlaid or made to reinforce part of the sweat-band, and in Fig. 3 the band is shown without reinforcement.

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A head-covering having a sweat-band therein extending entirely around the same, said band being attached to the head-covering for only a part of its length thereby leaving a free portion and said free portion being movable below the lower edge of the headcovering to constitute a storm-protector, and a reinforcingstrip between the band and head-covering.

2. A head-covering having a sweat-band therein, the band having a portion movable relatively to the head-covering and another portion being relatively fixed and said free portion being movable without affecting the relatively-fixed portion.

3. A head-covering having: a sweat-band therein, the band having a portion movable relatively to the head-covering and another portion being relatively fixed and said free portion being movable without affecting the relatively-fixed portion, and an extensible support connected respectively with the head- 10 covering and the free portion of the band.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JACOB DONIGER.

\Vitnesses:

W. O. IIAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

